Frühauf Anika, Burtscher Martin, Pocecco Elena, Faulhaber Martin, Kopp Martin
Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Fürstenweg 185, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Springerplus. 2016 Sep 22;5(1):1646. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-3313-z. eCollection 2016.
There is an ongoing discussion how to assess acute mountain sickness (AMS) in real life conditions. Next to more-item scales with a cut off like the Lake Louise Self-Report (LLS), some authors suggested to use visual analog scales (VAS) to assess AMS. This study tried to contribute to this question using VAS items used for the Subjective Ratings of Drug Effects, including an additional single item for AMS. Furthermore, we investigated if instruments developed to assess psychological well-being might predict AMS assessed via LLS or VAS.
32 (19 Female) adult persons with known AMS susceptibility filled in questionnaires (Feeling Scale, Felt Arousal Scale, Activation Deactivation Check List, LLS, VAS) at a height of 3650 m above sea level.
Correlation and regression analysis suggest a moderate to high relationship between the LLS score and the VAS items, including one VAS item asking for the severity of AMS, as well as psychological well-being.
In conclusion, using VAS items to assess AMS can be a more precise alternative to questionnaires like LLS, for people knowledgeable with AMS. Furthermore, researchers should be aware that psychological well-being might be an important parameter influencing the assessment of AMS.
关于如何在实际生活条件下评估急性高原病（AMS）的讨论仍在进行。除了像路易斯湖自我报告（LLS）这样有截断值的多项目量表外，一些作者建议使用视觉模拟量表（VAS）来评估AMS。本研究试图通过用于药物效应主观评分的VAS项目，包括一个额外的AMS单项，来为这个问题提供参考。此外，我们还研究了用于评估心理健康的工具是否可以预测通过LLS或VAS评估的AMS。
32名（19名女性）已知对AMS易感的成年人在海拔3650米处填写问卷（感觉量表、觉醒感量表、激活-失活检查表、LLS、VAS）。
相关性和回归分析表明，LLS评分与VAS项目之间存在中度至高相关性，其中包括一个询问AMS严重程度的VAS项目以及心理健康状况。
总之，对于了解AMS的人来说，使用VAS项目评估AMS可能是一种比LLS等问卷更精确的替代方法。此外，研究人员应该意识到，心理健康可能是影响AMS评估的一个重要参数。
